Raise the Bar
Strategies to Make the Vision a Reality
- Internationally-benchmarked standards
- Assessments aligned to standards
- Resources and tools to support teachers in implementing standards
- Worked-based learning opportunities have been common for decades
Internationally-benchmarked standards
Assessments aligned to standards
Resources and tools to support teachers in implementing standards
Worked-based learning opportunities have been common for decades
Current Status
In Connecticut, Core Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts were implemented in 2013. Since 2010, across the state high school graduate rates have improved 5.2%, to 87%.8 In 2015, graduation rates increased for nearly every group, and Connecticut leads the nation in closing achievement gaps around high school graduation.9 (The one exception involved English Language Learners, whose graduation rate slipped .8%) In addition, in 2013, Connecticut’s 12th graders achieved the highest scores in English Language Arts on the National Assessment of Education Progress.10
FOOTNOTES
8 http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150319/connecticuts-graduation-rate-continues-to-rise
9 http://ctmirror.org/2015/05/14/connecticuts-graduation-gap-is-big-but-shrinking/
10 http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2014/05/no_change_in_12th_grade_perfor.html
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